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The author's proposed solution is: Shut down all the large GPU clusters (the large computer farms where the most powerful AIs are refined). Shut down all the l
by Imnimo 4y ago
The author's proposed solution is:
Shut down all the large GPU clusters (the large computer farms where the most powerful AIs are refined). Shut down all the large training runs. Put a ceiling on how much computing power anyone is allowed to use in training an AI system, and move it downward over the coming years to compensate for more efficient training algorithms. No exceptions for governments and militaries. Make immediate multinational agreements to prevent the prohibited activities from moving elsewhere. Track all GPUs sold. If intelligence says that a country outside the agreement is building a GPU cluster, be less scared of a shooting conflict between nations than of the moratorium being violated; be willing to destroy a rogue datacenter by airstrike.
How is this less violent than bombing data centers? His proposal is literally "bomb datacenters plus a bunch of other stuff".
- antibasilisk 4y agoHe is talking about interstate warfare. I am talking about the almost inevitable organized terrorism that we're going to see if people start identifying this as an imminent threat to their survival. I think turning America into Syria is a bit more violent than iran and israel blowing up each other's stuff.
- MacsHeadroom 4y ago>He is talking about interstate warfare. "Frame nothing as a conflict between national interests" "this, is not a policy but a fact of nature." "[be] willing to run some risk of nuclear exchange if that’s what it takes" idk
- antibasilisk 4y agoHe's talking about framing, not the practicalities of exchanges.